Lueders: State spending now an open book (column)

10:41 AM,
Jan. 16, 2014

Written by

Bill Lueders
| For Gannett Central Wisconsin Media

Critics were quick to carp that OpenBook Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker's new website tracking state spending, was delayed for a year and is still not fully functional. One Democratic lawmaker said "it's had more problems than the Obamacare website."

Ouch.

Others may want to cut the governor some slack. The site, which tracks state agency payments from mid-2007 through the end of 2013, isn't perfect. But it is a neat tool - providing, as Walker says, "greater access and transparency in our expenditures as a critical component of fostering (public) engagement." ...